COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina
INTRODUCTION: Health systems in numerous countries around the world are suffering a serious burden as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this situation, the follow-up of such chronic diseases as dementia may be at risk. Similarly, neuropsychiatric complications related to lockdow...
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Sociedad Española de Neurología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7396892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32921515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2020.07.015 |
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author | Sorbara, M. Graviotto, H.G. Lage-Ruiz, G.M. Turizo-Rodriguez, C.M. Sotelo-López, L.A. Serra, A. Gagliardi, C. Heinemann, G. Martinez, P. Ces-Magliano, F. Serrano, C.M. |
author_facet | Sorbara, M. Graviotto, H.G. Lage-Ruiz, G.M. Turizo-Rodriguez, C.M. Sotelo-López, L.A. Serra, A. Gagliardi, C. Heinemann, G. Martinez, P. Ces-Magliano, F. Serrano, C.M. |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Health systems in numerous countries around the world are suffering a serious burden as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this situation, the follow-up of such chronic diseases as dementia may be at risk. Similarly, neuropsychiatric complications related to lockdown measures may also be neglected; Argentina's lockdown has been the longest implemented in Latin America. This study aims to determine the frequency of the different types of medical consultations for neurocognitive disorders and the predictors for requiring consultation since the beginning of the lockdown. METHODS: We performed a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study based on data collected through an online survey. RESULTS: Data were collected on 324 participants, with 165 (50.9%) having had at least one medical consultation. Consultations were held by telephone in 109 cases (33.6%), by e-mail in 62 (19.1%), by video conference in 30 (9.3%), and at the emergency department in 23 (7.1%). Predictors of requiring consultation were Clinical Dementia Rating scores ≥ 1 (P < .001) and diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (P = .017). Higher Neuropsychiatric Inventory scores were found in the group of respondents who did require medical consultation (P < .001), but no significant differences were found between groups for Zarit Burden Interview scores. CONCLUSION: We identified a high prevalence of behavioural disorders and caregiver burden during lockdown. Nevertheless, only 50% of respondents had sought medical consultation (by telephone or email in 52.7% of cases). Care of people with dementia must be emphasised, guaranteeing follow-up of these patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-73968922020-08-03 COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina Sorbara, M. Graviotto, H.G. Lage-Ruiz, G.M. Turizo-Rodriguez, C.M. Sotelo-López, L.A. Serra, A. Gagliardi, C. Heinemann, G. Martinez, P. Ces-Magliano, F. Serrano, C.M. Neurologia Original INTRODUCTION: Health systems in numerous countries around the world are suffering a serious burden as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this situation, the follow-up of such chronic diseases as dementia may be at risk. Similarly, neuropsychiatric complications related to lockdown measures may also be neglected; Argentina's lockdown has been the longest implemented in Latin America. This study aims to determine the frequency of the different types of medical consultations for neurocognitive disorders and the predictors for requiring consultation since the beginning of the lockdown. METHODS: We performed a descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study based on data collected through an online survey. RESULTS: Data were collected on 324 participants, with 165 (50.9%) having had at least one medical consultation. Consultations were held by telephone in 109 cases (33.6%), by e-mail in 62 (19.1%), by video conference in 30 (9.3%), and at the emergency department in 23 (7.1%). Predictors of requiring consultation were Clinical Dementia Rating scores ≥ 1 (P < .001) and diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (P = .017). Higher Neuropsychiatric Inventory scores were found in the group of respondents who did require medical consultation (P < .001), but no significant differences were found between groups for Zarit Burden Interview scores. CONCLUSION: We identified a high prevalence of behavioural disorders and caregiver burden during lockdown. Nevertheless, only 50% of respondents had sought medical consultation (by telephone or email in 52.7% of cases). Care of people with dementia must be emphasised, guaranteeing follow-up of these patients. Sociedad Española de Neurología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2021 2020-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7396892/ /pubmed/32921515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2020.07.015 Text en © 2020 Sociedad Española de Neurología. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Original Sorbara, M. Graviotto, H.G. Lage-Ruiz, G.M. Turizo-Rodriguez, C.M. Sotelo-López, L.A. Serra, A. Gagliardi, C. Heinemann, G. Martinez, P. Ces-Magliano, F. Serrano, C.M. COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title | COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title_full | COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title_short | COVID-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en Argentina |
title_sort | covid-19 y la pandemia olvidada: el seguimiento de las enfermedades neurocognitivas durante la cuarentena en argentina |
topic | Original |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7396892/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32921515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2020.07.015 |
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